The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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The United States does not have an official language.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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