Random United States Facts

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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year 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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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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