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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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    50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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    Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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