The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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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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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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