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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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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