Random USA Facts

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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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    There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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    In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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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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