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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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