The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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