Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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 first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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