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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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    President Coolidge
    President Coolidge
    Former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”.
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    In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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