There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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