Random United States Facts

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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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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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