Random America Facts

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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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    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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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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