Random United States Facts

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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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 United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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