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SUBSTANTIATED TRUE FACTS
United States Facts #1

A woman was about to take a driving test for the third time when she accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake, making the car crash into the DMV office. - San Jose Mercury News, 3/14/14

The odds are 1 out of 2,500 (.04%) that you're on a waiting list for a viable organ for a transplant procedure. - Discover Magazine, 5/12

Americans lost $30,000,000,000 worth of cellphones in 2011. - The Week Magazine, 4/6/12

18 Americans die each day waiting for a viable organ for a transplant procedure. - Discover Magazine, 5/12

Cars driven by Americans use almost 1,000,000,000 additional gallons of gasoline each year because so many of Americans are overweight. - The Week Magazine, 5/11/12

It costs $50 per second to operate Air Force One. - Time Magazine, 6/4/12

For the first time in United States history, in 2012, neither of the two presidential candidates have ever served in the military. - The Week Magazine, 6/8/12

If Mitt Romney had been elected in November 2012, Barack Obama's tax burden would have fallen by $90,000. Romney's own tax bill would have gone down $5,000,000 each year. - The Week Magazine, 6/15/12

22% of Americans want Bruce Springsteen to write a new National Anthem. - Time Magazine, 6/25/12

The odds are 3 out of 10 (30%) that you've already been arrested at least once if you're a 23-year-old American. - Yahoo! News, 12/19/11

The odds are 9 out of 10 (89%) that you describe your diet as "healthy" (if you're an American) - Time Magazine, 1/17/11

The odds are 2 out of 3 (65%) that you are overweight or obese (if you're an American) - Time Magazine, 1/17/11

3.73% of people in the United States are illegal immigrants. - Time Magazine, 2/14/11

There are over one million deer vs. vehicle collisions in the United States each year. In 2009, there were 102,165 In Pennsylvania alone. Fortune Magazine, 11/15/10

In summer 2011, Lake Powell (Utah/Arizona) rose a foot a day. - Los Angeles Times, 8/13/2011

The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that the pork in a pork hot dog originated in Iowa. - Fast Company, 7/1/08

61% of Americans would not choose the same career if they could "do it all over again". - Parade Magazine, 1-9-11

A church in Lake Worth, Florida has agreed to a deal with T-Mobile to build a 100-foot cross on church property that will double as a cell phone tower. - The Week Magazine, 12/25/09

The family of a deceased New Mexico woman was horrified to find her brain in the same bag as some of her other personal effects. - The Week Magazine, 1/22/10

Tourists are paying $65 each for a guided bus tour of Los Angeles' violence filled gang turf. Customers are required to sign a waiver, acknowledging risk of gunfire. - The Week Magazine, 1/29/10

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