More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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More than 50% of Americans fall asleep on their sides.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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Marlboro cigarettes sold in New York contain more tar and nicotine than those sold in all other states!
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