The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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