The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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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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