During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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