There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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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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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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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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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