One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
4
In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
45
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.
14
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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
57