Random USA Facts

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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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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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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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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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