Random United States Facts

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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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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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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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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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    In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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