21 Interesting Facts About The United States Of America
21 little portions of knowledge to better your day.
Portions of knowledge to better your fourth of July.
1
100 acres of Pizza are served in the U.S. every day.
2
Just 2.5 million people lived in the U.S.A. in 1776. Today it’s 314 million.
3
An American soldier ran across the border to North Korea in 1962 and has been living there ever since.
4
Thousands of Americans migrated to the USSR in the 1930s during the Great Depression.
5
Every second, Americans collectively eat 100 pounds of chocolate.
6
America's first slave owner was a black man.
7
There are at least 97 people called "LOL" in the U.S.
8
In 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in space that was 100 times more powerful than Hiroshima.
9
Every tweet Americans send is being archived by the Library of Congress.
10
80% of the land in Nevada is owned by the U.S. government.
11
U.S. former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other, on the 4th of July in 1826.
12
There's an official Rock Paper Scissors League.
13
The U.S. has no official language.
14
Valentine's Day is also National Condom Day in the U.S.
15
The launch code for all U.S. Minuteman nuclear missiles for 20 years used the same code: 00000000.
16
In 1943, the U.S. banned sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure.
17
American flags made in China are banned in the U.S. Military.
18
The State of New Jersey, U.S.A., was originally called Lorraine and New Sweden.
19
In WWII, the U.S. and New Zealand secretly tested "tsunami bombs" designed to destroy coastal cities.
20
Gerald Ford was the only to have served as both U.S. President and Vice President without being elected to either position.
21
The U.S. has 19 aircraft carriers, compared to the rest of the world's 12 aircraft carriers combined.
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