The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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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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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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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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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