Random American Facts

    20 facts tagged with American Facts

    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    Häagen-Dazs
    Häagen-Dazs
    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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    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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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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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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