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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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