During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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