Random USA Facts

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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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    Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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    91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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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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    There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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