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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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