Most people know the glaringly obvious facts about the great state of Texas, but we found a few that tickle the funny bone and teach a lesson. Here are five funky Texas facts from the obscurity files. Did you know?
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5 Funky Texas Facts
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1. A time capsule was buried in Amarillo in 1968 containing a passbook to a bank account with a $10 bill in it. When it’s opened in the year 2968, that account is expected to be worth $1 quadrillion!
2. Austin can boast the fastest road in the entire USA, which is a section of I-35 at a speed limit of 85 mph.
3. The Dallas Cowboys team hasn’t actually played football in Dallas since 1971.
Photo: Flickr/Marco Becerra
Source: Wikipedia
4. Texas has a completely separate and independent power grid from that which services the eastern and western United States.
Photo: Pixabay
Source: Texas Tribune
5. The State of Texas is larger than quite a few countries in the world, including all countries in Europe. If it were a country itself, it would be the 40th largest in the world, following Zambia and Chile.
