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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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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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 first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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