Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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The United States does not have an official language.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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