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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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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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 city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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