Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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 Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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