Random United States Facts

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    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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 turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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