Random America Facts

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    Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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