On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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