Random USA Facts

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    91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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    In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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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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    Dinosaur, Colorado
    Dinosaur, Colorado
    In Colorado, USA, there's a small town called Dinosaur. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
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    Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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 first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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