During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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