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Prison City of Texas (the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is headquartered in Huntsville) [54] Execution Capital of the World/Death Penalty City (Texas' execution chamber is located in Huntsville, and Texas often leads all US states in executions per year; death row was located in Huntsville but later relocated) [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ]
Jackalope is a portmanteau of jackrabbit and antelope.. Jackrabbits are actually hares, rather than rabbits, though both are mammals in the family Leporidae.Wyoming is home to three species of hares, all in the genus Lepus.
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
A giraffe named Twiga who died over the weekend at an East Texas zoo at the age of 31 was among the oldest giraffes being cared for by humans. Twiga was found dead Saturday morning at the Ellen ...
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Originally named Du Pre, Buda, situated between San Marcos and Austin, opted for a name change upon discovering another Du Pre, Texas. Hence, it adopted "Buda," deriving its pronunciation from the ...
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
A family's close encounter with a giraffe at a Texas drive-thru safari park was captured on camera, showing the animal plucking a toddler out of the bed of their truck and several feet into the air.