Random United States Facts

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    The United States does not have an official language.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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