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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As many as one third Americans flush the toilet while they are still on it.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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 handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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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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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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