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    In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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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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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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