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    The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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    The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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    WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
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    Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
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    In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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    People who laugh more are better able to tolerate pain - both physical and emotional.
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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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    More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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