Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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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 189 people named 'Lol' in the U.S.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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