Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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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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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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