The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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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.
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