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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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