One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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