Random United States Facts

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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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    Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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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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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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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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