Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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