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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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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