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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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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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    There is a county in California called Yolo.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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