There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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