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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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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