On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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