Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    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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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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    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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    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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