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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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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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    Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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    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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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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