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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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 has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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