There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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