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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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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