Random United States Facts

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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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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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    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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    Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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