In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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