In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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