In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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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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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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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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