Random United States Facts

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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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