Random United States Facts

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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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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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 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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    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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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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