One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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