Random United States Facts

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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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