Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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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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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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