One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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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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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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