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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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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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