Random United States Facts

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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 first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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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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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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