Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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