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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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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