Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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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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