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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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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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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