On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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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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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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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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