Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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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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