Random USA Facts

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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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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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    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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    The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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    In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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