Random USA Facts

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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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    According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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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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    In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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