In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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