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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/zahrul3 on 2024-09-28 09:01:22+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: When Texas entered the Union as a slave state in 1845, a legal technicality created an ungoverned, lawless strip of land (which later became the Oklahoma panhandle). People from Kansas moved in to evade strict alcohol laws and the (unofficial) capital was called “Beer City”.