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!
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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