Random USA Facts

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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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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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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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