Random USA Facts

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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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    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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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
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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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