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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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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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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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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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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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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