In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
29
Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
9
In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
45
In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
82
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.
70
The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
54
The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
100
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.
30