Random America Facts

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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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    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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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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