Random United States Facts

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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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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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