Random United States Facts

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    In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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