203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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