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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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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The United States does not have an official language.
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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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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