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.
76
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
36
50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
183
The United States does not have an official language.
88
Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
72
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
217
The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
100