Random American Facts

    20 facts tagged with American Facts

    As many as one third Americans flush the toilet while they are still on it.
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    Häagen-Dazs
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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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    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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    In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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