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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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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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