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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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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