There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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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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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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