In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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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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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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