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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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