The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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