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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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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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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