Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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