The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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