Fun facts about USA

1. the Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters
2. Just 2.5 million people lived in the U.S.A. in 1776. Today over 300 million.
3. 1 IN 8 American workers has been employed by Fast food Giant McDonalds
4. Thousands of Americans migrated to the USSR during the Great Depression.
5. Russia & America are less than 4 km apart at the nearest point.
6. The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for just US$7.2 million in 1867.
7. The average U.S. worker stays at each of its jobs for 4.4 years.
8. 8 billion chickens are consumed in the U.S. each year.
9. Apple has more operating cash than the U.S. Treasury.
10. Every tweet Americans send is being archived by the Library of Congress.
11. iN the US there is an official Rock Paper Scissors League.
12. There are more Facebook users from the U.S. than U.S. citizens that voted in the last election.
13. The U.S. has no official language.
14. There are more public libraries than McDonald
15. The banana is the most popular fruit in the U.S.
16. The biggest cash note the U.S. issued was a US$ 10,000 bill.
17. In 1893, an amendment was proposed to rename the U.S as the United States of the Earth.
18. There is a town called Big Ugly in West Virginia, U.S.A.
19. The U.S. Tax Code is 5,000 pages long while The Bible and War and Peace only have about 4,500 pages.
20. In 1943, the U.S. banned sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure.
21. The State of New Jersey, U.S.A., was originally called Lorraine and New Sweden.
22. GPS is owned and controlled by the U.S. Government.
23. The U.S. has more people of Norwegian descent than Norway.
24. The first President born in the U.S. spoke Dutch as his first language.
25. The U.S. uses less water now than it did in 1970.
26. Americas top selling ice cream flavour is vanilla
27. the US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states)
28. everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury
29. the US is the world's largest consumer of coffee
30. 52% of Americans drink coffee
31. Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate
32. there are 132 rooms in the US White House
33. the dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785
34. in American supermarkets peanut butter is one of the most frequently purchased items
35. the average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54
36. The US is the 4th largest country in the world by land area and 3rd by population.
37. The US is a diverse country with a multicultural society.
38. The US has the world's largest economy.
39. The tallest mountain the US is Mt McKinley (Alaska) 20320 ft or 6194m above sea level.
40. Hawaii is the most recent of the 50 states in the US
41. Most of the world's tornadoes occur in the Midwest region of the US known as Tornado Alley.
42. The most populated city in the US is New York City, followed by Los Angeles and Chicago.
43. English is the most commonly spoken language in the US, followed by Spanish.
44. The US was the leading force behind the development of the Internet.
45. The most popular team sports in the US are American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey.