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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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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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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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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