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 does not have an official language.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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