Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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