Random USA Facts

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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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    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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    91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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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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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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    The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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