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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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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