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Texas State Facts - 50States.com

Texas Facts and Trivia

1. Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State.
2. The Alamo is located in San Antonio. It is where Texas defenders fell to Mexican General Santa Anna and the phrase Remember the Alamo originated. The Alamo is considered the cradle of Texas liberty and the state's most popular historic site.
3. The lightning whelk is the official state shell.
4. Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.
5. Although six flags have flown over Texas, there have been eight changes of government: Spanish 1519-1685, French 1685-1690, Spanish 1690-1821, Mexican 1821-1836, Republic of Texas 1836-1845, United States 1845-1861, Confederate States 1861-1865, United States 1865-present
6. The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
7. During the period of July 24-26, 1979, the Tropical Storm Claudette brought 45 inches of rain to an area near Alvin, Texas, contributing to more than $600 million in damages. Claudette produced the United States 24 hour rainfall record of 43 inches.
8. More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States.
9. Edwards Plateau in west central Texas is the top sheep growing area in the country.
10. Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.
11. The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
12. Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer.
13. A coastal live oak located near Fulton is the oldest tree in the state. The tree has an estimated age of more than 1,500 years.
14. Sam Houston, arguably the most famous Texan, was actually born in Virginia. Houston served as governor of Tennessee before coming to Texas.
15. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.

 

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Bournemouth Fast Facts • 6.88m visitors to Bournemouth per year1 • 1,009,000 staying visitor trips2 • £287,521,000 staying visitor spend2 • 5,798,000 day visits2 • £213,071,000 day visitor spend2 • £516,239,000 total visitor-related spend2 • 11,779 estimated actual employment2 • 12% proportion of all employment2 14/03/2018 • 13,868-bed spaces (hotels, guest accommodation and B&B)2 • 329 self-catering units2 • 7.7 hours of summer sunshine a day3 • 30,000 ice creams sold on a busy weekend3 • 750,000 ice creams sold every year3 • 3,000 deckchairs hired out on a busy weekend3 • Last summer, Bournemouth sold 18,599 souvenirs – an average of 775 items a week4 • In summer, our beaches are raked by tractor every morning and litter picked by hand twice a day • Former Bournemouth mayor, Merton Russell-Cotes is said to have received a knighthood for his discretion when King Edward VII visited with his famous mistress, Lily Langtry • Bournemouth was the first place in the UK to have purpose-built beach huts, built-in 1909 and marked with a blue plaque near to the east of Bournemouth Pier • Fisherman’s Walk Cliff Lift in Southbourne made it into the 2015 Guinness World Records as the world’s shortest funicular railway • Combined, Bournemouth and Poole has a whopping 10 miles of sandy beaches, Europe’s

 

Interesting about Lilly Lantry. A town in Texas named for her. And love interest of the famous Judge Roy Bean. The law west of the Pecos. Also a famous movie.

 

The Texas Salute to Sausage. Wurstfest

8 Fun Facts about Wurstfest - New Braunfels Real Estate
1. Founded in 1961.

2. The Founder of Wurstfest was Dr. Ed Grist, Veterinarian and Meat Inspector.

3. New Braunfels was believed to have 19 Commercial Sausage Makers in 1961.

4. Attendance went from a few hundred in 1961 to nearly 180,000 in the mid 1970’s.

5. In 1971, 1,564 kegs sold and in 1977 there were 5,864 Kegs sold.

6. In 1961 a sausage plate was $1.25.

7. In 1971 a 12 oz cup of beer cost 35 cents.

8. From 1972 to 2010 the Wurstfest Association has donated $2,050,390.00 to the community.

 

17 facts about Turkey that will surprise you

1. It has one of the world’s oldest and biggest malls.

Istanbul‘s Grand Bazaar, or Kapalı Çarşı, dates to 1455 and was established shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. Over the centuries it has grown into a warren of 61 streets lined by more than 3,000 shops and currently occupies a nearly incomprehensible 333,000 square feet. You’ll never possibly be able to explore it all, but that doesn’t keep people from trying — according to Travel + Leisure, the Grand Bazaar was the world’s #1 attraction in 2014, drawing over 91 million people.

2. You might find chicken in your dessert.
The signature Ottoman treat is tavuk göğsü, or chicken breast pudding. It’s a strange blend of boiled chicken, milk, and sugar, dusted with cinnamon. And it’s delicious. Look for it on menus across the country.

3. Turkey is packed with cultural heritage.

2. You might find chicken in your dessert.
The signature Ottoman treat is tavuk göğsü, or chicken breast pudding. It’s a strange blend of boiled chicken, milk, and sugar, dusted with cinnamon. And it’s delicious. Look for it on menus across the country.

3. Turkey is packed with cultural heritage.
In fact, there are 13 spots in Turkey inscribed on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites, and a whopping 62 on the tentative list. They range from a Mesolithic temple (Göbekli Tepe) to a Biblical city (Ephesus) to a World War One battlefield (Gallipoli), and help make Turkey the sixth most-visited tourist destination in the world.

4. Santa Claus is from Turkey.
Saint Nicholas was born far from the North Pole, in Patara. And he’s not the only saint with connections to Turkey — the Virgin Mary’s resting place could be near Ephesus, while Saint Paul was from Tarsus in the south. Other Biblical figures include the Prophet Abraham, born in Şanlıurfa. And after the deluge, Noah may have run his ark aground at Mount Ararat.

5. One of the Mediterranean’s primary sea turtle nesting beaches is here.

İztuzu Beach, just west of Fethiye, is a major breeding ground for the endangered loggerhead sea turtle. The turtles arrive between May and October, climbing ashore at the exact site of their birth to lay a new generation of eggs. The beach sees around 300 nests dug each year, and government regulations have succeeded in balancing tourism with the need to protect and conserve this precious natural resource. Just down the coast, Patara is the longest beach on the Mediterranean (12 miles of pristine white sand dunes).

6. Turkey gifted tulips to the world (you’re welcome, Netherlands).
It’s uncertain where the first tulips were grown, but what is known is that the Ottomans popularized the flower and facilitated their introduction to Europe. A simultaneous export? Tulipmania. The seeds of the world’s first speculative bubble were sown when a Flemish ambassador to the 16th-century court of Süleyman the Magnificent brought back the bulbous flowers to Holland. Other commodities for which Europe owes a debt of gratitude to Turkey are coffee and cherries.

7. More than 130 peaks reach over 9,800 feet (3,000 meters).


Don’t let the balmy coastal climate fool you. Turkey is home to spectacular mountain ranges, and wintertime visitors can hit the slopes at nearly a dozen resorts. Palandöken, in the eastern province of Erzurum, is Turkey’s highest at 10,200 feet (3,125 meters) and claims Europe’s longest natural ski run.

8. Istanbul has one of Europe’s most exciting art scenes.
The edgy Istanbul Biennial, now in its 14th edition, is a must-see for the international art crowd, and with more than 300,000 visitors in 2013, it ranks among the top contemporary art shows in the world. In 2015 the show will occupy 30 venues on both sides of the Bosphorus.

9. You can cross continents underground.

Istanbul may be Europe’s largest city, but half of it actually extends into Asia. More than a century after a sultan dreamed of a rail link beneath the Bosphorus Strait, Turkey opened the Marmaray metro line in 2013. The former imperial city is also home to the Tünel, a short funicular that’s the second-oldest continuously running underground railway after London’s.

10. The seeds of agriculture were first sown in Turkey.
Historians believe agriculture began in these lands some 11,000 years ago. At sites like Çatalhöyük, in south-central Turkey, there’s evidence that the residents of this proto-city added crops like wheat and barley to their diet, and wild grasses genetically identical to those first domesticated grains still grow in southeastern Turkey. Even today, the country is the world’s 10th-biggest grain producer.

11. It’s home to some of the most important sites in Christendom.

Istanbul may be Europe’s largest city, but half of it actually extends into Asia. More than a century after a sultan dreamed of a rail link beneath the Bosphorus Strait, Turkey opened the Marmaray metro line in 2013. The former imperial city is also home to the Tünel, a short funicular that’s the second-oldest continuously running underground railway after London’s.

10. The seeds of agriculture were first sown in Turkey.
Historians believe agriculture began in these lands some 11,000 years ago. At sites like Çatalhöyük, in south-central Turkey, there’s evidence that the residents of this proto-city added crops like wheat and barley to their diet, and wild grasses genetically identical to those first domesticated grains still grow in southeastern Turkey. Even today, the country is the world’s 10th-biggest grain producer.

11. It’s home to some of the most important sites in Christendom.

Turkey’s population may be 99% Muslim, but these lands draw tens of thousands of Christian pilgrims each year. The Ecumenical Patriarch, spiritual leader of the world’s 300 million Orthodox, lives in Istanbul, a vestige of the Byzantine Empire. The grotto dug by the Apostle Peter in Antioch was the first Christian house of worship, while a 1st-century patriarchal church is said to have been located underground in today’s unprepossessing Istanbul district of Fındıklı. Istanbul is also home to the 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia cathedral, now a museum. And the Armenian Apostolic Church was founded 1,700 years ago in what’s today the city of Kayseri.

12. Oil wrestling is the national sport.
The spectacle of two bulky men stripped to the waist, doused with olive oil, and grappling under the hot Thracian sun is a 654-year-old sporting tradition and sight to behold. Camel wrestling tournaments, held throughout the Aegean region in the winter, and bull wrestling near the Black Sea, are also popular.

13. People were building temples here back in the hunter-gatherer era.

Prior to the mid-1990s, it was assumed that large-scale human constructions weren’t undertaken until early peoples mastered agriculture and established permanent settlements. But then the archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe was discovered in southern Turkey, with evidence of monumental construction taking place at least 2,000 years before the accepted timeframe of the agricultural revolution. Building at Göbekli Tepe also predated the inventions of pottery, written language, and the wheel.

nd Turkey’s 10,000 plant and 80,000 animal species help rank the country among the world’s 35 biodiversity hotspots. Twitchers can visit more than a half-dozen bird sanctuaries for sightings of some of the country’s 475 aves, or 5% of the global variety. It’s a great place for flower lovers, too — see highlights like the native Fritillaria imperialis, above.

16. Turkey really is the center of the world.
You can fly to just about everywhere from Istanbul Atatürk Airport, thanks to flag carrier Turkish Airlines’ 260-and-counting destinations. A modern fleet of aircraft served by kid-friendly crew has helped the fast-growing airline win Best Airline in Europe for four years running.

17. Despite appearances, Turkish is surprisingly easy to learn.

14. Turkey’s film industry is booming.
When director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, it crowned a decade-long revival in Turkish cinema that’s seen productions rise five-fold to about 100 films per year. Turkey is one of the few countries where domestic films rake in more at the box office than Hollywood’s offerings, and its movies and television series are a major soft-power export in the Middle East.

15. A new type of plant is discovered every 10 days.

And Turkey’s 10,000 plant and 80,000 animal species help rank the country among the world’s 35 biodiversity hotspots. Twitchers can visit more than a half-dozen bird sanctuaries for sightings of some of the country’s 475 aves, or 5% of the global variety. It’s a great place for flower lovers, too — see highlights like the native Fritillaria imperialis, above.

16. Turkey really is the center of the world.
You can fly to just about everywhere from Istanbul Atatürk Airport, thanks to flag carrier Turkish Airlines’ 260-and-counting destinations. A modern fleet of aircraft served by kid-friendly crew has helped the fast-growing airline win Best Airline in Europe for four years running.

17. Despite appearances, Turkish is surprisingly easy to learn.

 

Facts about Turkey

18. Turks usually have a breakfast like this with whole family to start the day. (We lose this tradition day by day tho)

 

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Facts about Turkey

19. Albert Einsteing contacted with Atatürk before immigrating to US. But he rejected for some reason. And i am sorry about it. These men would help us a lot.

 

The man don't grow the mustache the mustache grows the man

 

You are exaggerating again. With the lightening strike figures you provided, the toaster would only run for 83,333 minutes.

You would not have liked me as your science teacher, would you.??????

 

Never get on to a lady for exaggeratin' that's part of their charm

 

No wonder that I am in the doghouse all the time.
When Jane told me that one inch in her miscalculations was nothing. I told her that it would not be nothing if her nose grew by one inch overnight.

 

7 people sitting in a room logged onto HF, would produce the same amount of heat in the room as a 1 Kw heater.

 

If you ask 3 HF members a political question you're guaranteed to get 6 different answers

 

Goose bumps evolved to make our ancestors’ hair stand up, making them appear more threatening to predators.

 

One of the biggest Stars ever discovered, UY Scuti, a Red Supergiant, would extend out to Jupiter if it was positioned in our Solar System where our Sun is.