In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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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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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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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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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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