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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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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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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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    Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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