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    US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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    In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    Dinosaur, Colorado
    Dinosaur, Colorado
    In Colorado, USA, there's a small town called Dinosaur. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
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    American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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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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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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