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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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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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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