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    The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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    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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    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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