The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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