Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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