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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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    Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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    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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    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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