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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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