203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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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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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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