Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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 does not have an official language.
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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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