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    There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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    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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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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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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