Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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There are 189 people named 'Lol' in the U.S.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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