Map of USA(collected from vecteezy)
- The U.S. has the most powerful army in the world and spends more on its military than the next seven highest-ranking countries in military spending combined.
• The U.S. owns the GPS (Global Positioning System) and has the authority to sign it off.
• A cat served as honorary mayor for 20 years in Talkeetna, Alaska
Picture is collected from The wall Street journal
• The United States is the third largest country in the world by population and by area.
• The United States is the only country that has all of Earth's climate zones: tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar.
• American athletes have won more Olympic medals than athletes from any other country.
• The United States is the third most visited country by international tourists.
• Lake Superior is the largest body of freshwater in the world by surface area. The lake covers 31,700 square miles.
• The Pentagon which is the headquarters of the Department of Defense, is the world's largest office building by floor area.
Pentagon, USA(collected from Wikipedia)
• The only people to have walked on the moon's surface were Americans.
• The United States is home to nearly 45 million immigrants, more than any other country in the world.
• Jazz, rock 'n' roll, hip-hop, country, folk, R&B, soul, and gospel comes from the United States.
• The U.S. film industry is the largest, oldest, and most profitable film industry in the world.
• Americans consume the equivalent of about 100 acres of pizza every day.
• Nearly one-third of all land in the United States or about 650 million acres are federally owned.
• 84.8 million adults of the USA consume fast food.
• Foreign investors own at least 28.3 million acres of U.S. farmland, an area about the size of Ohio.
• The United States was the first nation to use the title of "President" for its head of state.
• The United States is at the center of global invention. Airplanes, computers, cellphones and many more.
• There are estimated 75.8 million dogs in the United States.
• The United States is home to less than 5% of the world's population but it accounts for approximately 25% of global economic output.
• The United States became the world's largest petroleum producer in the last 10 years.
• The United States is the world's largest consumer of oil.
• The American flag was designed by a high school student (at 17years old).
Robert G. "Bob" Heft : Designer of Current USA flag .(collected from Wikipedia)
• There are more guns than people in the United States.
• The United States is one of the only three countries that have not officially switched to the metric system.
• About half of the U.S. population lives in just nine states: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, and North Carolina.
• Three out of every four tornadoes in the world occur in the United States.
• The United States has been awarded more Nobel Prizes than any other country.
• The United States ranks among the top 10 countries in the world for the number of mammal, reptile, fish, and vascular plant species.
• Super Bowl XLIX in 2015 was the most watched broadcast in U.S. television history.
• The United States has over 3.1 million square miles of forest land, the fourth most in the world.
• An estimated 90% of Americans use the internet, compared with about 54% of the global population.
• The United States is one of the most generous nations in the world.
• The United States has about 12,380 miles of coastline.
• Walmart is the world's largest private sector employer, employing 2.2 million people.
• The United States has the world's strongest higher education system and draws over a million international students a year.
• The United States accounts for 21% of energy consumption globally and has the world's highest per capita energy consumption.
• The US has the world's largest economy.
• The US developed the first nuclear weapons.
• America is second in the world in energy production.
• Nine of the 10 largest companies in the world by market cap are based in the United States. Most of the top 100 companies by market cap 54 are American.
• More than half of the states, 26 have names with native American origins.
• Americans bought 871.8 million pounds or about $2.3 billion worth of hot dogs in supermarkets in 2019.
• 54% of Americans said religion was very important in their lives.
• The US was the leading force behind the development of the Internet.
• Basketball is the most popular uniquely American game.
• The United States shares the world’s longest land border with its neighbor Canada, at over 5,500 miles.
Collected from Geography realm
• The United States produces more corn than any other country in the world.
• Out of the 2,000 world's largest companies, 575 are U.S.-based.
• Four US Presidents were assassinated in office.
• There is a palace fully made of corn in the USA.
• Hawaii is the only archipelago state.
• The USA has the longest cave system in the world.
• Of the top 100 golf courses in the world, 52 are located in the United States.
• The United States is home to by far more billionaires than any other country, with 705.
• New York was once New Amsterdam.
• There are statues of 43 presidential heads.
• The London Bridge is in the Arizona.
Collected from Pinterest
• The liberty bell is made from London.
• Alaska was bought from Russia.
• The USA has a law (Guano islands act) that allows citizens to occupy any unclaimed island in the world, as long as there is seabird or bat poop on it.
• In the USA, households earning under $13,000 per year spend about 9 percent of their income on lottery tickets
• National animal of USA is American Bison, national tree is Oak Tree, national bird is Bald Eagle and national Flower is Rose.
• 62% of bankruptcies in the USA are due to medical bills.
• The most populous U.S. state is California and the least populous state is Wyoming.
• There's a small town called Dinosaur, Colorado (USA). Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
• The largest population of tigers in the world is in the USA.
• Highest mountain of the USA is Mount Denali.
Collected from Wikipedia
• 740 Park in Manhattan is currently home to the highest number of billionaires in the USA.
• Longest river of the USA is Missouri River.
Collected from American River
• Every 19 minutes in the USA a baby is born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
• On 4 July 1776, the thirteen British colonies signed the Declaration of Independence from the kingdom of Britain.
• The first president of the USA was George Washington
• More than 300 languages are spoken in the country
• In May 2020 there are 41 million unemployed people in the USA.
• Crater Diamonds State Park, the only public space in the world where you can go looking for your own diamond.
• The USA is the most important in the airline industry.
• The US has many historically active volcanoes including the world’s largest, Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
Eruption of Mauna Loa (collected from Pinterest)
• It is cheaper to fly to the USA from Australia to buy Adobe’s Creative Suite than to buy it within Australia.
• The US has the largest prisoner population in the world with over 2 million.
• There are 21 time zones in the USA.
• The cost of the International Space Station is funded by the USA 81%, Russia 8%, Europe 3%, Japan 3%, and Canada 1%.
• The USA is one of the 12 founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
The North and Central America sport a wide variety of top attractions (collected from the points guy)
• Most visited tourist sites in the USA: Empire State Building in New York/New York,Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.,Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco/California, Mount Rushmore in Keystone/South Dakota
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