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    There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    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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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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