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.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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