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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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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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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