There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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