Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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