During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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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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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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