Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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