In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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