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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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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