The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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