Random United States Facts

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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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    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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    Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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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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    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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