There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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