In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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