The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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