During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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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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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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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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