In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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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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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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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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