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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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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