The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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.
17
The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
15
During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
25
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.
28
In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
27
One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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