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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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    In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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    There is a county in California called Yolo.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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