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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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