The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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