You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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