Random USA Facts

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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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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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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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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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