In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him.

The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird.

Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.

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