Random American Facts

    20 facts tagged with American Facts

    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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    The Häagen-Dazs ice cream creator was American and made up the brand name to sound Danish, unique, and sophisticated. It doesn't mean anything.
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    The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    As many as one third Americans flush the toilet while they are still on it.
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    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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