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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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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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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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