Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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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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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day 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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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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