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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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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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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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    In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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