Random United States Facts

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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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