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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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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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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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    There are 189 people named 'Lol' in the U.S.
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