According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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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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