Random United States Facts

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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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 retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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