In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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 U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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