Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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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 Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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