Random United States Facts

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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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    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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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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