Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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    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 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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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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