[Places fact 1] There is a street that is split down the middle by the USA-Canadian border, aptly named Canusa street. People who live in houses on the south side of the street are in the USA, and the north side, in Canada. Crossing the street requires having to report to the border crossing office.
[Places fact 2] There is a Japanese sweet snack called “English toast”, which is neither English nor toast. It consists of two slices of white bread, covered with a layer of margarine, sprinkled with sugar and put together.
[Places fact 3] During the Christmas of 1914 (World War 1), a truce was held between Germany and the UK. They decorated their shelters, exchanged gifts across no man’s land and played a game of football between themselves.
[Places fact 4] A Chinese village named Xiaogang covertly tried capitalism in 1978, leading to China's nation-wide adoption of this economic system.
[Places fact 5] Mount Jefferson in northwest North Carolina was once named "Nigger Mountain," then later the less offensive "Negro Mountain" for many years.
[Places fact 6] U.S. courts have ruled that inmates, parolees, and probationers cannot be ordered to attend AA. Though AA itself was not deemed a religion, it was ruled that it contained enough religious components to make coerced AA attendance a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
[Places fact 7] In an early script for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Kirk was set to fight Jesus on the bridge of the Enterprise.
[Places fact 8] In India, there is a Guardian Angels-style vigilante group (Love Commandos) that protects young couples who fall in love across different castes. They are called the Love Commandos
[Places fact 9] Canada has a maple syrup cartel.
[Places fact 10] Philadelphia leads the nation in sweatpants purchases per capita.
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