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 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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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