Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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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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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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