One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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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.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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