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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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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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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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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