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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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 the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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