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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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