Random USA Facts

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    Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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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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    Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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