The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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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 downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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