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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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