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...that Texas produces the most helium in the United States, all won from the Cliffside gas field near Amarillo?

...that the Temple Daily Telegram is a seven-day, morning newspaper and leading source of information for Central Texans since 1907.

...that American sculptor Luis Jiménez, known for his large Southwestern and Hispanic polychromed fiberglass sculptures, was killed when a large piece of his work fell on him?

...that the Temple Sanitarium hired the first female anesthesiologist to work in Texas and the U.S., Dr. Claudia Potter, in 1906?

Yes, it is good, but was not a DYK.

...that Texas redbacks were the informally named paper money issued by Mirabeau B. Lamar during his Presidency of the Republic of Texas?
...that the Barton Springs Salamander (Eurycea sosorum) is a rare, endangered salamander that only lives in the environs of Barton Springs in Austin, Texas?
...that capital punishment has been used in the U.S. state of Texas and its predecessor entities since 1819. Since that time 1110^[1]^[2] people have been legally executed, by a variety of methods — hanging, firing squad, electrocution and lethal injection?