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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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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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