The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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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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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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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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