TEXAS

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• State song "Our Texas"
• State bird - Northern mockingbird
• State flower - Bluebonnet

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Wet'n'Wild SplashTown is a water park located north of Houston in the Spring of Harris County, Texas.

Barton Springs Pool is a man-made recreational swimming pool located on the grounds of Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. The pool exists in the channel of Barton Creek and is filled by water from Main Barton Spring, the fourth largest spring in Texas.

SeaWorld San Antonio is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, and animal theme park, located in the Westover Hills District of San Antonio, Texas.

CURRENT FACTS ABOUT TEXAS

• The governor is Rick Perry
• The population is 26,448,193
• The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island
• Austin is considered the live music capital of the world
• More land is farmed in Texas than in any other state

HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT TEXAS

• The world's first rodeo was held in Pecos on July 4, 1883
• Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885
• The first suspension bridge in the United States was the Waco Bridge
• The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 in Houston
• The capitol in Austin opened May 16, 1888

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