The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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 Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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