13 Unbelievable Facts About Texas

Everything truly is bigger in Texas. Here’s a list of 13 facts that prove it. Make sure you’re sitting down for this – you might be shocked beyond belief.

Texas has enough crude oil reserves to fill up 1,588 Empire State Buildings - that’s 276,779,000 gallons.

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There are enough machine guns in Texas (28,690 to be exact) for every student at Dartmouth and Harvard.

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35 North Dakotas still wouldn’t have as many businesses as Texas.

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Texas alone is twice the size of Germany.

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7.7% of homes in the US are in Texas.

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More people are below the poverty line in Texas than the population of Los Angeles.

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There are more illegal immigrants in Texas than the population of Philadelphia - and they make up 9% of the workforce.

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Texas has a GDP equivalent to Canada - and if it were a country, it would have the 12th highest in the world.

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One-third of adults in Texas is obese - that amounts to more people than Minnesota has altogether.

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El Paso is closer to Needles, California than it is to Dallas.

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King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island.

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The Texas capital building is the only dome in the country larger than the U.S. capital.

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Texans consume more catfish per year than the weight of almost 7 Eiffel Towers.

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Can you believe these facts? I’m sure having a hard time. What other crazy, incredible facts do you know about Texas? Share them in the comments below!