The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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