Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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 Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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