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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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    In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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    Arrested for Farting
    Arrested for Farting
    In 2008, a 13-year-old boy in Florida was arrested for excessive farting in school.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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