On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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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 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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