There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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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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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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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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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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