In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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 average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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