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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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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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