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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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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