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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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