203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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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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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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