Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
72
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
217
Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
299
203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
65
Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
75
The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
10
Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
70
One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
-86