There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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 downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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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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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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