Random America Facts

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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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    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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    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 first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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