Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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The United States does not have an official language.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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