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
36
According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
223
The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
72
No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
51
The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
51
Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
76
Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
72
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.
70