Random United States Facts

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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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    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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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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