Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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 U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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