Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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