Random USA Facts

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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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    91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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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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    Arrested for Farting
    Arrested for Farting
    In 2008, a 13-year-old boy in Florida was arrested for excessive farting in school.
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    Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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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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