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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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