Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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