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    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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