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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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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