Fun Facts I Bet You Didn’t Know About Texas

No matter how long you live in Texas for, you will always learn something new as the years go by. It could be from traveling to different parts of the state, meeting new people, or simply reading something online.

You would be surprised how many people haven’t left the part of Texas they grew up in, especially if they are from a smaller town.

Because of how big the Lone Star State is, the environmental, cultural, and infrastructure differences can be vast and often shocking. Those that grew up in East Texas have a completely different experience than those of us in West Texas. Same thing goes for North, South, and central Texas.

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Of course, there are similarities because we all function under the same state laws and traditions. However, is a small-town West Texan visited the Dallas Fort-Worth area for the first time, they would learn a whole lot about the big-city way of life. The same could be said the other way around.

You especially have a lot to learn about Texas if you aren’t originally from the state. As someone that moved here in their late teens, I definitely learned a lot about the state and had to get used to a new way of life.

There are all sorts of fun facts that I continue to learn about Texas, and it really is a fascinating place with so much history, great people, ecological variety, and different things to learn all through your life.

Keep scrolling to learn 10 fun facts about Texas that you likely didn’t know before.