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What Americans have done since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar entered the NBA:

1. Robbed 145,000 banks

2. Taken 380 billion aspirin

3. Bought 278 million Ken and Barbie dolls

4. Stole $146 million from coin-operated machines

5. Spent $17 billion on car washes

6. Chopped down 7.5 million trees

7. Spent $88 million on dental floss

8. Robbed 730,000 convenience stores

9. Ate 1.4 million feet of bananas

-Entered NBA with Milwaukee in 1969.