Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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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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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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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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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