Portal:Texas/Did you know archive

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 * ...that Texas produces the most helium in the United States, all won from the Cliffside gas field near Amarillo?


 * ...that the Temple Daily Telegram is a seven-day, morning newspaper and leading source of information for Central Texans since 1907.


 * ...that American sculptor Luis Jiménez, known for his large Southwestern and Hispanic polychromed fiberglass sculptures, was killed when a large piece of his work fell on him?


 * ...that the Temple Sanitarium hired the first female anesthesiologist to work in Texas and the U.S., Dr. Claudia Potter, in 1906?

Upcoming/Suggested

 * Did you know that the U.S. state of Texas was once its own nation?
 * Yes, it is good, but was not a DYK.

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 * ...that Texas redbacks were the informally named paper money issued by Mirabeau B. Lamar during his Presidency of the Republic of Texas?
 * ...that the Barton Springs Salamander (Eurycea sosorum) is a rare, endangered salamander that only lives in the environs of Barton Springs in Austin, Texas?
 * ...that capital punishment has been used in the U.S. state of Texas and its predecessor entities since 1819. Since that time 1110 people have been legally executed, by a variety of methods — hanging, firing squad, electrocution and lethal injection?