One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
72
In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
27
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
217
Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
76
The United States does not have an official language.
88
The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
100
The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
97