Random United States Facts

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    In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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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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    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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    Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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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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