Last Updated on Thursday, 30 August 2012 10:43 Written by bkshowplace Thursday, 30 August 2012 10:42

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Dallas TX is home to a 52-foot-tall cowboy statue, the headquarters of convenience store 7-11, and of course, The Bath & Kitchen Showplace! Here are a few more fun facts about Dallas:

• The frozen margarita machine was invented in Dallas.
• The integrated circuit computer chip (which became the microchip) was invented in Dallas in 1958.
• The 52 foot ‘Big Tex’ statue that greets visitors at the annual State Fair of Texas is the tallest cowboy in Texas.
• With the roof enclosed, the entire Statue of Liberty could fit into the new Cowboys Stadium.
• During the winter holiday season, the Galleria Dallas is home to the country’s tallest indoor Christmas tree.
• The largest permanent model train exhibit in the country is on display in the lobby of Dallas Children’s Medical Center.
• The Dallas Arts District is the largest urban arts district in the United States.
• The Trinity River Corridor Project, when completed, will be more than 10 times the size of New York’s Central Park.
• Highland Park Village Shopping Center, developed in 1931 has the distinction of being the first planned shopping center in America.
• The first convenience store, 7-eleven, got its start in Dallas and the corporation is headquartered there today.
• Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League and son of oil tycoon H.L. Hunt, was a noted Dallas resident when he coined the phrase ‘Super Bowl’.
• A few celebrities from the area: Angie Harmon, Luke and Owen Wilson, Nastia Luikin, Lee Trevino, Norah Jones, Erykah Badu, Jessica Simpson
• A few of the movies/tv series filmed in the area: Dallas; Silkwood; Places in the Heart; RoboCop; Born on the Fourth of July; Walker, Texas Ranger; Prison Break (more listed at www.filmdfw.com)
• The Dallas area is the largest metropolitan area in the nation not on a navigable body of water.
• The Dallas-Fort Worth Arlington Metroplex is the No. 1 visitor and leisure destination in Texas.
• The Dallas Public Library permanently displays one of the original copies of the Declaration of Independence, printed on July 4, 1776, and the First Folio of William Shakespeare’s “Comedies, Histories & Tragedies.”
• The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is home to 41 of the richest Americans.

(Source: www.visitdallas.com)