Random United States Facts

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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 Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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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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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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