Random United States Facts

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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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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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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 Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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