Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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