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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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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