Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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