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    In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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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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