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 downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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