In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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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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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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 US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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