Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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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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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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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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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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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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