The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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