In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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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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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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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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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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