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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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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