There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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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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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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