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    There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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    'Licking' and 'Butts' Are Actual Places in Missouri, US
    There's a city named 'Licking' and a town named 'Butts' in the state of Missouri.
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    There are 189 people named 'Lol' in the U.S.
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