Random USA Facts

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    Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
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    In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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    The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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