Random American Facts

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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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    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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    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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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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    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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