1. Houston Texas was the headquarters of Continental Airlines until its 2010 merger with United Airlines with headquarters in Chicago; regulatory approval for the merger was granted in October of that year.
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1. Houston Texas was the headquarters of Continental Airlines until its 2010 merger with United Airlines with headquarters in Chicago; regulatory approval for the merger was granted in October of that year.
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2. In 2015, downtown Houston Texas added a cycle track on Lamar Street, running from Sam Houston Park to Discovery Green.
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6. University of Houston Texas, located in the Third Ward, is a tier-one public research university and the third-largest institution of higher education in Texas.
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9. Houston Texas is a significant hub for trafficking of cocaine, cannabis, heroin, MDMA, and methamphetamine due to its size and proximity to major illegal drug exporting nations.
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10. In 2009, Houston Texas became the first US city with a population over 1 million citizens to elect a gay mayor, by electing Annise Parker.
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15. Houston Texas is one of few United States cities with permanent, professional, resident companies in all major performing arts disciplines: opera, ballet (Houston Ballet), music (Houston Symphony Orchestra), and theater (The Alley Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars).
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18. Houston Texas has the fifth-tallest skyline in North America and 36th-tallest in the world as of 2015.
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19. Houston Texas has excessive ozone levels and is routinely ranked among the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States.
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22. Houston Texas was its own country from 1836 until 1845, when it finally agreed to join the United States.
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