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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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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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 the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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