One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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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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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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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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