Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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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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