Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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