During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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