Random United States Facts

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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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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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    Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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