Random USA Facts

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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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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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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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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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    In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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