Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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 Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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