The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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 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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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