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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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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