During Hurricane Katrina, Formosan termites played a large role in the failure of flood walls in New Orleans. The seams of the walls were made from sugarcane waste, a favorite food of termites.
source: American Entomologist (Vol. 54, No. 3)… Read More
During the Revolutionary War, as many as half of the enslaved African adult males in Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia fled their masters to fight on the side of the British, believing they had a better chance at freedom than with the American side.