Random United States Facts

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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 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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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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