The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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