In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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