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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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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