The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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