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title: "16 Interesting Facts About Dallas"
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date: 2019-05-10
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description: "Here are 16 Interesting Dallas facts. 1-5 Dallas Facts 1. The Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex encompasses 9,286 square miles (24,100 km2) of the total area making it larger in area than..."
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# 16 Interesting Facts About Dallas

Here are 16 Interesting Dallas facts.

## 1-5 Dallas Facts

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1. The Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex encompasses 9,286 square miles (24,100 km2) of the total area making it larger in area than the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex)

2. The city of Dallas, [Texas](https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-texas/) has lost every single one of 82 court cases against the same man, Robert Groden, over several decades. - [Source](https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-has-now-lost-82-cases-against-robert-groden-someone-call-guinness-8680799)

3. During the 2016 Dallas police shooting, officers used a bomb disposal robot armed with C4 to kill the shooter, which is the first time in history American police have delivered lethal force via an unmanned vehicle. - [Source](https://www.thedailybeast.com/cops-kill-with-a-robot-for-the-1st-time)

4. A team of Material Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas have developed artificial muscle that is 100X stronger than organic muscle and is constructed out of ordinary fishing line. - [Source](https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a3088/synthetic-muscle-made-of-fishing-line-is-100-times-stronger-than-the-real-thing-16514805/)

5. In 2014, Dallas Police were engaged in a six-hour standoff with an empty apartment. - [Source](https://gawker.com/dallas-police-have-six-hour-standoff-with-empty-apartmn-1527440057)

## 6-10 Dallas Facts

![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7-eleven_logo.png)

6. 7-Eleven started in Dallas, TX; has gone bankrupt twice, and is now a Japanese company. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Eleven)

7. In Dallas on Elm street where JFK was shot, there are X's on the street to signify where he was hit. - [Source](https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g55711-d106016-i54978458-The_Sixth_Floor_Museum_at_Dealey_Plaza-Dallas_Texas.html)

8. There is a restaurant in Dallas that has no set location, no set menu, no set prices and can only be visited by registering for an anonymous e-mail which goes out one week before you're expected to attend for dinner. - [Source](https://frankunderground.com/)

9. Love Field in Dallas once had a roller disco, movie theaters and an ice skating rink in its terminal. - [Source](https://www.southwestaircommunity.com/t5/Southwest-Stories/Flashback-Fridays-At-Long-Last-LLOVE/ba-p/41113)

10. The frozen margarita was invented in Dallas, Texas in 1971. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Martinez_(entrepreneur))

## 11-16 Dallas Facts

![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dallas-city-temp.jpg)

11. Dallas, TX record high temperature and record low temperature both occurred in 1980. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Dallas)

12. The Dallas Safari Club sold a $350,000 hunting permit for the critically endangered and heavily poached black rhino as a way to raise money for the conservation of that same rhino species. - [Source](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/permit-hunt-african-black-rhino-sells-350g-article-1.1576736)

13. A church in Dallas spent over $4 Million on an Aquarium. - [Source](https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2011/10/01/designer-charts-new-waters-with-dallas-church-aquarium)

14. The world's largest predominantly gay church is located in Dallas. - [Source](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2010/07/24/dallas_cathedral-of-hope-world_s-largest-predominantly-gay-church-celebrates-40-years)

15. In Nov.1963, a fake-news flyer was distributed in Dallas days before JFK's assassination in revenge for the JFK administration prosecuting a Hatch Act violation. - [Source](https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/11/jfk-assassination-flyer-distributed-in-dallas-by-edwin-walker-s-group-before-his-visit.html)

16. The Kirby's Pig Stand, in Dallas, Texas, was the first drive-in restaurant in the U.S. and revolutionized the (fast) food industry. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%27s_Pig_Stand)