Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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