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Featuring Interesting United States Facts, Funny United States Facts, and more. United States Fun Facts.
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1. The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
Date Added: 2012-04-17 05:15:41
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Fact Page: The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
Date Added: 2012-04-17 05:13:52
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The USA doesn't have an official language, but English is the de facto language.
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Fact Page: The United States does not have an official language.
Date Added: 2012-04-12 03:23:36
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Fact Page: The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
Date Added: 2012-04-01 03:39:57
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Fact Page: In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
Date Added: 2012-03-22 12:59:29
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Gaylord, an anglicisation of the French surname Gaillard ("sprightly" or "spry").
Gaylord, Kansas
Gaylord, Michigan
Gaylord, Minnesota
Gaylord, Oregon
Gaylordsville, Connecticuthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylord#Places
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Fact Page: In the US, there's quite a few cities called Gaylord.
Date Added: 2012-03-21 03:39:02
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7. The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839Fact Comments
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Fact Page: The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
Date Added: 2012-03-21 03:31:53
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Fact Page: The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
Date Added: 2012-03-04 20:43:54
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9. Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
Date Added: 2012-02-14 05:02:21
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Fact Page: Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
Date Added: 2011-10-14 02:16:01
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Fact Page: Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
Date Added: 2011-09-02 06:39:00
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12. On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
Date Added: 2011-09-01 17:02:39
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Fact Page: Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
Date Added: 2011-06-25 15:52:47
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14. According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
Date Added: 2011-05-07 16:22:27
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Fact Page: No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
Date Added: 2011-04-30 21:21:52
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Fact Page: 50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
Date Added: 2011-04-30 13:39:56
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Fact Page: There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
Date Added: 2011-04-27 15:52:15
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18. 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.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: 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.
Date Added: 2011-04-09 16:10:16
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19. One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
Date Added: 2011-04-03 10:06:12
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Fact Page: Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
Date Added: 2011-03-22 07:46:16
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21. The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.Fact Comments
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The average American spends almost a third of their time on the Internet playing games and using social networks, according to a new survey by Nielsen. Social networking sites and services take up the largest chunk of time, at about 23 percent of all time spent online, and that figure is up sharply from just 16 percent in June 2009. Online games account for the next largest block at 10 percent, up from 9 percent in the previous survey.
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Fact Page: The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
Date Added: 2011-03-02 11:33:53
Fact Category: People Fact - 4
22. In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
Date Added: 2011-02-23 15:03:56
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Fact Page: In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
Date Added: 2011-02-22 07:15:45
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Fact Page: You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
Date Added: 2011-02-20 07:34:45
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Fact Page: Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
Date Added: 2011-02-20 07:06:24
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Fact Page: Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
Date Added: 2011-02-08 17:43:07
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Fact Page: The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
Date Added: 2010-11-12 06:11:17
Fact Category: Historical Fact - 7
28. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
Date Added: 2010-10-27 12:17:00
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Fact Page: Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
Date Added: 2010-10-13 08:40:17
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30. The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!Fact Comments
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Fact Page: The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
Date Added: 2010-09-27 18:24:14
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31. 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.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: 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.
Date Added: 2010-09-27 11:49:44
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Fact Page: 203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
Date Added: 2010-09-13 16:17:47
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33. The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.Fact Comments
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Fact Page: The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
Date Added: 2010-07-03 07:34:15
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Fact Page: Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
Date Added: 2010-06-30 12:01:14
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Fact Page: The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
Date Added: 2010-06-23 12:58:19
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