One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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 first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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