Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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