During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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