The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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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 Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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