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TIL the U.S. claims 4 disputed territories (against Colombia, Haiti, Honduras, and Marshall Islands), claims 5 inhabited territories, and 7 uninhabited territories. Residents are either non-citizen U.S. nationals or U.S. citizens with lesser rights.

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