Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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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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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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