The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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