In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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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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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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