1 American consumes the same amount of resources as 32 Kenyans.
If you have $10 in your pocket and no debt, you are wealthier than 25% of Americans.
America is one of the only countries to display their flag almost everywhere.
A Slave in America in 1850 would cost over US $12,000 in 2015 dollars.
The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for just US$7.2 million in 1867.
Christmas was illegal in the U.S. until 1836 as it was considered an Ancient Pagan Holiday.
In the U.S. it costs US$245,000 to raise a child, before college.
It costs the U.S. Government US$2,768,902 per year to hold a prisoner in Guantanamo.
80% of the land in Nevada is owned by the U.S. government.
There are more public libraries than McDonald's in the U.S. (Maybe there is hope...)
The biggest bill the U.S. issued was a US$ 10,000 bill.
In 1893, an amendment was proposed to rename the U.S. into the "United States of the Earth".
The poorest place in the U.S. is Allen, South Dakota, where 96% are Native American.
The launch code for all U.S. Minuteman nuclear missiles for 20 years used the same code: 00000000.
In 2010, General Electric made over US$14 billion in profits but paid US$0 in taxes in the U.S.
There are 2 pets for every 3 people in the U.S.
The State of New Jersey, U.S.A., was originally called Lorraine and New Sweden.
The U.S. has 19 aircraft carriers, compared to the rest of the world's 12 aircraft carriers combined.
About 35 million Americans share DNA with at least one of the 102 pilgrims who arrived aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
In addition to its mainland, Louisiana consists of 2,482 islands that cover nearly 1.3 million acres.
Snake Alley, the most crooked street in the world, can be found in Burlington, Iowa
Venus Fly Traps can only be found natively in the Carolinas and nowhere else in the world.
In more than half of all U.S. states, the highest paid public employee in the state is a football coach.
The original name of the city of Atlanta was “Terminus“.(Wait, Walking Dead
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