Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year.

According to Christopher Walken, one of the good things about making a film in the desert is that there is always plenty of parking.

The estimated 7 million illegal immigrant workers in the U.S. now provide the Social Security system with as much as $7 billion each year – about 10% of last year's gap between what the system receives in payroll taxes and what it pays out in benefits.

According to a recent study, half of all U.S. bankruptcies are caused by soaring medical bills, and most people sent into debt by illness are middle-class workers with health insurance.

About 22 million lightning bolts hit the Earth each year.
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