Random USA Facts

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    In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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    American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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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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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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