Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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