Random United States Facts

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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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