One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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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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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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