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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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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