Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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