Random United States Facts

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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 Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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