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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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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