The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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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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