Random United States Facts

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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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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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