Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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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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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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