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    Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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    91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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    There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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    There is a county in California called Yolo.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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