and Japan were either born or bred at the Dallas Zoo.Ĥ. One of its ingredients, a sweet baking bar, was named after its inventor Sam German of Baker’s Chocolate Co.ģ. The first recipe for the cake appeared in a Dallas newspaper in 1957. Contrary to its name, the German Chocolate Cake is actually not German at all. Zyzzyx Road, starring Katherine Heigl and Tom Sizemore, had only six paying customers and earned only $30 at the box office.Ģ. The lowest grossing film of all time had its premiere in Dallas in 2006. And there are a lot of those, turns out.ġ. So, to that end, we’ve put together a list of the most interesting things we’ve learned about this rather remarkable city of ours. In short, our amazement related to each new fascinating discovery, weird tidbit or odd historical footnote we’ve stumbled upon in the last several months has been pretty endless.
In the 172 years since John Neely Bryan first settled near the Trinity River, our city has birthed a long lists of famous athletes, inventors and record holders, and accomplished various feats that have made us the first, the biggest or the best at a number of things. We’ve seen this much play out time and time again while doing research for our recurring Songs About Dallas feature. Regardless of however the city wants to present itself to outsiders, we know the real truth about Dallas: The eighth-most populous city in the United States has a long - and, dare we say, pretty awesome - history of big ideas, big events and even bigger personalities. 50 Interesting Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Dallas.įor years, the official slogan for the city of Dallas was “Live Large, Think Big.” More recently, though, the city opted to go with the fresher sounding “Dallas: Big Things Happen Here.”
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