203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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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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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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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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