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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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