US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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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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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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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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