The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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 does not have an official language.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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