The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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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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