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    Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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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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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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