Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
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Approximately 70,000 people in the U.S. are both blind and deaf!
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About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30!
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Most of the world's people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch water!
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Karl Pillemer, a professor, performed a study on thousands of elderly people and what advice they had about life. On happiness, there was a consensus: “the elders viewed happiness as a choice, not the result of how life treats you.”
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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As many as one third Americans flush the toilet while they are still on it.
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The average single man is one inch shorter than the average married man.
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