Random USA Facts

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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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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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    There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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