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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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    Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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    In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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    The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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