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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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