Random USA Facts

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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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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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    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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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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