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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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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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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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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