According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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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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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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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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