In 1819, the USA purchased Florida from Spain for the cancellation of a $5 million debt.

Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country.

All of the major candidates in the 1992, 1996, and 2008 U.S. presidential elections were left-handed.

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