There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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