On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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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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