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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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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