In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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