The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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