203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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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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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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