The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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