Random United States Facts

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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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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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 Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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