During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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