Did you know.....forty percent of the farm-grown catfish in the United States is consumed by Texans! (YUMMY)

IT'S TRUE...... TEXAS is Bigger, Faster, Bolder and Better:

Texas ranks number one in the United States in production of oil, natural gas, cattle, sheep, wool, rice, watermelon, and cotton.

Texas is one of the top producers of forest products in the United States, with the second most forested acreage in the South.

The largest military base in the world, Fort Hood, is located in Killeen, in central Texas

Two of the three largest universities in the United States are in Texas; Texas A&M University at College Station and the University of Texas at Austin. 

Texas leads the nation in the sale of pick-up trucks. 

The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston. 

The first rodeo in history took place in 1881 in Pecos. 

Texas has more churches than any state in the union, with 16,969. 

The dome of the Capitol Building, in Austin, stands seven feet higher than that of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C