Random USA Facts

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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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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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    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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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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    Okay, OK
    Okay, OK
    There is a town called Okay, OK. It has a population of 600 people.
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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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    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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    In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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