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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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    Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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