According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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