Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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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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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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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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