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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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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