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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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