Random USA Facts

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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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    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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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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