In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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