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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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