In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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