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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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    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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    There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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