Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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