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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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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