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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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