The Canadian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.

Throughout the South, peanuts were known as "Monkey Nuts," and "Goober peas," before the civil war.

When Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen turned 18 in mid-2004, they took official control of a company worth more than the gross national product of Mongolia. Their earnings in 2003 topped $1 billion.

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