Random USA Facts

In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!

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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.

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The United Arab Emirates donated a laptop to every high school student in Joplin, Missouri, after the city had been devastated by a tornado.

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Former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”.

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There is a town called Okay, OK. It has a population of 600 people.

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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.

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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.

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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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