Random America Facts

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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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    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 average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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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 retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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    The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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