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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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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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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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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