Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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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.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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