During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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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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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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 the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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