Random USA Facts

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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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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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    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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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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