Random USA Facts

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    Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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    Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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    Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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    There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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