There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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