Random United States Facts

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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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    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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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    Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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