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 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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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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