There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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