Random USA Facts

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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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    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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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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