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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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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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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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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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
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