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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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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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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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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