One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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