The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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