Random United States Facts

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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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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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