In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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