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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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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    'Licking' and 'Butts' Are Actual Places in Missouri, US
    There's a city named 'Licking' and a town named 'Butts' in the state of Missouri.
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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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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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    Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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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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