Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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