Random United States Facts

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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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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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    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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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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