Random USA Facts

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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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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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    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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    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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    Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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