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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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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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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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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