Random United States Facts

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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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 retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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 Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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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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    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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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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