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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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