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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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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