There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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