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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    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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    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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