In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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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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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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