- It is still illegal to steal a person's cattle or to put graffiti on them.
- The soft drink Dr Pepper was invented by Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas in 1885.
- Texas is the largest petroleum-producing state in the U.S. and, if counted as a country, would rank 5th among the world's leading producers of petroleum.
- Texas endures more tornadoes than any state in the U.S. , with 139 passing each year. North Texas suffers the most from them.
- Texas was a country for nine years until it was annexed by the United States through a treaty.
- During the 1850s and 1860s, over 100 camels were released in the plains of Texas to be used in wars against Indians. Tey could still be seen in hills well into the 1920s.
- Forty percent of farm-grown catfish in the U.S. is eaten by Texans.