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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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