The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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