In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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