Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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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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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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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