The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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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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