The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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