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Another unfun fact, that's why Oklahoma has a panhandle. Texas wanted to enter the Union as a slave state, but it wasn't allowed below a certain line of latitude. So Texas gave up some of its territory to ensure it could enter as a slave state, and a portion of that territory became the panhandle.