🛢️ Scientists say Texas still has millions of barrels of oil underground.
After nearly a century of drilling, scientists say one Texas rock formation still holds an estimated 12 million barrels of recoverable oil and 184 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have yet to be discovered

The kolache, a sweet, fruit-filled pastry now considered a defining food of Central Texas, did not originate in Texas at all, it arrived with the wave of Czech immigrants who settled the Blackland Prairie region beginning in the 1850s and never let go of their culinary traditions. 🥐🔥⭐ The story of how this Eastern European pastry became a beloved staple of Texas food culture is genuinely fascinating.
Czech immigrants began settling in Central Texas counties including Fayette, Lavaca, and Washington in significant numbers starting in the mid nineteenth century, drawn by affordable farmland and the promise of a fresh start far from the political turmoil affecting Bohemia and Moravia at the time. These communities brought their language, their Catholic religious traditions, and crucially, their baking customs, with the kolache serving as a celebratory pastry traditionally made for weddings, holidays, and special community gatherings back in their homeland. Towns like West, Texas, ...