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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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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 Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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