One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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