The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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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