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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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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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