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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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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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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