One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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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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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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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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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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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