You Won't Believe What's Hiding In Texas

GeoQuirks

GeoQuirks

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Texas was once its own country — and that's not even the craziest thing about it. 🤠

From a fossilized ocean reef standing nearly two miles in the sky, to the longest barrier island on the planet, to a river that carves international canyons and then dies in the sand before it reaches the sea… Texas breaks every rule of what a single state is even allowed to be. In this video we count down 50 insane geography facts that prove the Lone Star State is basically a mini-continent hiding in plain sight.

Which fact surprised you the most? Drop it in the comments 👇 — and let us know which state we should break down next.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS — some of the wildest facts:

2:34 — Texas is bigger than most countries on Earth
4:22 — El Paso is closer to California than to Houston
6:09 — A 265-million-year-old ocean reef became a mountain
7:59 — The second-largest canyon in the country (in Texas!)
9:51 — Big Bend's 1,500-foot international border canyons
12:35 — When a flood handed U.S. land back to Mexico
14:24 — The unexplained Marfa Lights
24:30 — The deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history
26:21 — The longest barrier island in the world
29:59 — A single ranch bigger than Rhode Island
33:38 — Texas legally reserved the right to split into 5 states
36:24 — The largest bat colony on Earth
45:46 — Why Texas is basically a mini-continent


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