In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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