Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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