The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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