The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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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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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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