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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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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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    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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