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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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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