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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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