One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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There are two credit cards for every person in 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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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