On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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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 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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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