In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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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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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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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 turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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