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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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    Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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    President Coolidge
    President Coolidge
    Former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”.
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    Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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