Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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There are 189 people named 'Lol' in the U.S.
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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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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 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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