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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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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