Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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    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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    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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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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