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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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 Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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