Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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