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    The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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    In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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    Arrested for Farting
    Arrested for Farting
    In 2008, a 13-year-old boy in Florida was arrested for excessive farting in school.
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    The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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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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