One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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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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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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