Random America Facts

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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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    Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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