Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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