Random United States Facts

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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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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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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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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 average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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