The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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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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