Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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