One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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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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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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