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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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