Random USA Facts

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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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    Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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    Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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