The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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