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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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    There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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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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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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