Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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    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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    Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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