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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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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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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