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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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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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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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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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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