Random USA Facts

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    The United States does not have an official language.
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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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    The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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