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    Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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