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 average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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