Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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