Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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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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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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