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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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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