Random USA Facts

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    There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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    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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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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    Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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    There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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    In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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