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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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    Pizza Each Second
    Pizza Each Second
    350 slices of pizza are consumed each second in USA.
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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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    Arrested for Farting
    Arrested for Farting
    In 2008, a 13-year-old boy in Florida was arrested for excessive farting in school.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
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