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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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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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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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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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