The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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