In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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