One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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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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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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