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Americans consume about 138 billion ---------------- a year.?

Americans spend more money on ------------ every year than they spend on baby food.?

America's first minimum wage was ----- cents an hour back in 1938.?

An American Animal Hospital Association survey revealed that -------------- percent of dog owners sign letters or cards from themselves and their dogs.?

It has been estimated that the typical American will spend an average of -------- years of his/her life reading newspapers.?