Random United States Facts

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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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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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    The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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