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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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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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