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    The United States does not have an official language.
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    The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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    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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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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