Random United States Facts

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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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