Random United States Facts

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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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    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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    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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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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