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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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    Dinosaur, Colorado
    Dinosaur, Colorado
    In Colorado, USA, there's a small town called Dinosaur. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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    The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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    Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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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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