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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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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