On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
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Brazil has their own version of Miss America. Miss Bumbum Brazil pageant is an annual competition for the best butt in the country.
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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.
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Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!
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