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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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