According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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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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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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