50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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