Random USA Facts

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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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    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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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    There are 189 people named 'Lol' in the U.S.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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