United States Facts

The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.

New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.

One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.

In Idaho, You may not fish on a camel's back.

In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, a dramatic increase from just nine percent in 1999.

Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.

The United States does not have an official language.

There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.

Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!

The average American drinks approximately 50 gallons of soda annually, equating to over 500 twelve-ounce cans, while the average Canadian consumes around 43 gallons of sugary beverages each year.

The most dangerous job in the United States is that of an Alaskan Crab Fisherman.

The longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!

Washington, D.C. has one lawyer for every 19 residents!

The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.

The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.

The average American consumes several pounds of food additives every year, with some estimates suggesting 8-10 pounds annually including preservatives, colorings, and flavor enhancers.

In the United States, survival rates for untreated venomous snakebites vary dramatically by species—copperhead bites have over 99% survival rate without antivenom, while eastern diamondback rattlesnake bites drop to 60-80%, and some species like black mambas are nearly 100% fatal without treatment.

20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.

Each year 96 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S.

Only 51% of South Carolina high school students will graduate, the lowest of any state.

In the U.S., about 17% of what you pay at the gas pump goes to taxes, combining federal and state fuel taxes that fund road infrastructure.

There's a city named 'Licking' and a town named 'Butts' in the state of Missouri.