The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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