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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo began in 1932.

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Both the rider and the horse are scored on a scale of 1-50 during Bareback Riding.

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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the city’s largest annual event, stretching across almost three weeks in March.

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DiverseWorks relocated to Midtown in 2012, near the Museum District. Although not as striking as the Station Museum of Contemporary Art, it continues to show thought-provoking work.

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The burque is not worn by many Muslim sects. It is fairly limited to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and adjacent areas of Pakistan.

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DiverseWorks was founded in Houston in 1982.

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The Breakfast Klub is Houston’s most popular restaurant. The chicken wings and waffles are sweet; the catfish, with a mound of grits swimming in butter, is decadent; and the hostess will melt your heart.

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The Houston Fire Museum is housed in Fire Station No. 7, built in 1895.

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There are currently 94 City of Houston fire stations, staffed by over 4,000 firefighters.

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Houston began paying its fire fighters in 1895.

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The Houston Fire Department was organized as Protection Company No. 1, an all-volunteer force, in 1838 - two years after the founding of the city.

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The male coupling is inserted into the female coupling.

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Michael D’Antuono produced the ad campaign Fixodent and Forget It.  You gotta make money somehow.

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In G.O.D. We Trust, Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung, 2009 at Station Museum of Contemporary Art. Cool video here.

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Eugenio Moreno, Always Bush, 2014, from the exhibit “Corpocracy. It’s the unnatural thing” at Station Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Azaleas are a type of Rhododendron.

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The University of Houston was founded in 1927.  There are a few (two) cool Art Deco buildings on the campus, but most of the buildings are mid-century disasters of concrete, steel and glass.