Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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 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 United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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