The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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