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    Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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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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    Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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    In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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