Random USA Facts

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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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    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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    US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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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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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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