Random USA Facts

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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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    United Arab Emirates Philanthropy
    United Arab Emirates Philanthropy
    The United Arab Emirates donated a laptop to every high school student in Joplin, Missouri, after the city had been devastated by a tornado.
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    President Coolidge
    President Coolidge
    Former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”.
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    Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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    Pizza Each Second
    Pizza Each Second
    350 slices of pizza are consumed each second in USA.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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