Random USA Facts

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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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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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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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    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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