In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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