One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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As many as one third Americans flush the toilet while they are still on it.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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