Random USA Facts

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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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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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    Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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