According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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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.
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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 retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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