Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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