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12 Lesser-Known Reasons to Be Happy About Being an American

Danny Gallagher — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:39:02 +0000

One of America’s greatest exports isn’t a product, a car or even a tangible object. It’s self-esteem. And by that logic, that means Ritalin and cheap whiskey are also our greatest exports.

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Shocking or No? Spankings Are Still the Norm for Half of Americans

Kathy Landin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:56:31 +0000

Back in the ’60s, corporal punishment was common practice for a shocking 94 percent of parents in the US. While a lot of us may find this number unsettling, just as many don’t. In fact, half of all parents today admitted to punishing children by “spanking on the bottom with a bare hand” to a telephone poll conducted by the National Institutes for Mental Health.

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How Many Vacation Days Do Americans Waste Each Year?

Kathy Landin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:05:26 +0000

Everyone likes vacation, and yet Americans prove themselves to be the workaholics they’re rumored to be by not using all of the vacation time allotted to them by employers.

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Is America the Best Country in the World? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:42:29 +0000

According to a survey from the Pew Research Center of 2003 American adults, the idea of American exceptionalism is alive and well among the 48 percent of the country who say the US stands alone as the best country in the world.

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Americans Are the Coolest People on the Planet, Says the Rest of the World

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:13:59 +0000

A survey of 30,000 people in 15 nations by the social networking site Badoo.com has found that America ranks as the world’s “coolest nationality.”

Other countries singled out for their hip nature were Brazil (second coolest overall) and Spain (coolest in Europe.) Belgium edged out Poland for least coolest nationality status.

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