Random United States Facts

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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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 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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