In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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