Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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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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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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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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