Random United States Facts

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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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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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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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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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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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