One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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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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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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