Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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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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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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