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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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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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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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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