In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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