Random USA Facts

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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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    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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    There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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