One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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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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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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