On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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