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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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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