The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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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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