Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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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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