During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
15
The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
13
The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
54
The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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