During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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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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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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