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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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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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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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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