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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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