There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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