Random United States Facts

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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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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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