The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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