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 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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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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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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