Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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The United States does not have an official language.
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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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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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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