Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
56
Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
51
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.
70
50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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