Random United States Facts

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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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