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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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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
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    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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