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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    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 United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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    Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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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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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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