Random USA Facts

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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
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    Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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    Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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    There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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