Random United States Facts

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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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