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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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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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
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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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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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