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The number of passports held by Americans leaped to 21.4 million in 2017, the most ever recorded.
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The U.S. is one of most mobile nations on Earth. According to a Gallup poll, 24% of U.S. adults reported moving within the country in the past five years.
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Three out of every four tornadoes in the world occur in the United States.
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The U.S. has won more Nobel Prizes than any other country.
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An estimated 96% of Americans use the internet, compared with about 54% of the global population.
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Founded in Arkansas in 1962, Walmart is the world's largest private-sector employer, providing 2.2 million jobs.
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Manhattan's Chinatown is home to more Chinese residents than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere.
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The U.S. accounts for 21% of energy consumption globally and has the world's highest per capita energy consumption. America is second in the world in energy production.
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The number of brewers in the U.S. climbed to 6,372 in 2017, from just 89 in 1978, fueled by the craft beer surge.
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Eight of the 10 largest companies in the world by market cap are American.
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