Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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 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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    Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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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 average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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