There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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.
72
On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
56
One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
65
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
217
Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
88
The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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