16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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