The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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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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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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