Random American Facts

    20 facts tagged with American Facts

    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.
    225
    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
    76
    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
    155
    Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
    391
    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
    54
    In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
    82
    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
    299