Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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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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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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