Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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