Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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