Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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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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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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