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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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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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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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