Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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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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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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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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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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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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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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