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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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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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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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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