During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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