One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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