Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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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 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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