In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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