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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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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