In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
45
One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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!
16
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
217
Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
155
Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
391
The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
298
Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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