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 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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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