Random USA Facts

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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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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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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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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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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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    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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