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
Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
155
One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
-86
In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
27
In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
28
The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
151
16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
42