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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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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