Random United States Facts

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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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    The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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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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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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