Random United States Facts

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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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    Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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