The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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