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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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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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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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    203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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    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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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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