In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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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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