On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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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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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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