Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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