The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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