Random United States Facts

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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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