In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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