In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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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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