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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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    There are 189 people named 'Lol' in the U.S.
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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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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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    Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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