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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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