In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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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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