50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
183
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.
70
Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
17
One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
72
There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
15
16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
42
The United States does not have an official language.
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