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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    There is a county in California called Yolo.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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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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    In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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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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    In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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