In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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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 United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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