Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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