There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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