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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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    Dinosaur, Colorado
    Dinosaur, Colorado
    In Colorado, USA, there's a small town called Dinosaur. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
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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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    Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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    In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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