In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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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 town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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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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