The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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