In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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