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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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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