Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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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 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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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