On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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