30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
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