One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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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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