Random United States Facts

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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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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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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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