There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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