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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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