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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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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