Random United States Facts

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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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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 has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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