On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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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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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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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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