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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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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