Random USA Facts

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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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    The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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