https://padlet.com/dannykelleher65/DannyIsABeast Made with a little mischief en-us 2020-03-04 12:37:11 UTC 2020-03-04 14:06:36 UTC hello@padlet.com dannykelleher65 https://padlet.com/dannykelleher65/DannyIsABeast/wish/454270523 2020-03-04 12:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dannykelleher65/DannyIsABeast/wish/454270523 dannykelleher65 https://padlet.com/dannykelleher65/DannyIsABeast/wish/454292977 Texas has a population of 28.7 million and an area of 269,000 square miles. This makes its roughly 5 times larger in area with a 16 million greater populations than Illinois. Half of the entire US border with Mexico is from Texas. If Texas was its own country, it would have a top 10 GDP.]]> 2020-03-04 13:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/dannykelleher65/DannyIsABeast/wish/454292977 dannykelleher65 https://padlet.com/dannykelleher65/DannyIsABeast/wish/454311496 Out of the four main sports in America (football, baseball, basketball and hockey) Texas has 8 professional teams. The most significant one being the Dallas Cowboys. Forbes lists them as there most valuable sports franchise in the world at $5 billion. ]]> 2020-03-04 13:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dannykelleher65/DannyIsABeast/wish/454311496 dannykelleher65 https://padlet.com/dannykelleher65/DannyIsABeast/wish/454313747 The name Texas comes from the Caddo word "táyshá" word meaning friend. From this they created the state motto "the friendly". In 1836 Texas left Mexico and became its own country. They did so by winning the famous Battle at the Alamo. The Republic of Texas lasted nine years before finally becoming apart of the United States.]]> 2020-03-04 13:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dannykelleher65/DannyIsABeast/wish/454313747